Letter to Harry Buck (February 20, 1922)

February 20, 1922
Mr. H. C. Buck
Y M C A
Madras, India
Dear Mr. Buck:
Your letter of January 17th with report of Physical Education in India, received. I have looked this over with a good deal of interest. I note that you began the National Y M C A School of Physical education August 1, 1920. I shall follow your work in India through the School with deep interest. I have just had a letter from Mr. Jenkins telling something of his visit to Delhi, India.
Sincerely yours,
JHM-W

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Harry Crowe Buck (1884-1943) was born in Liverpool and graduated from Springfield College in 1910 with a B.S. in Physical Education. In 1919, while teaching and coaching basketball at Galesburg High School in Illinois, he was invited by the International Committee of the YMCA to serve as the Physical Director of the Central YMCA in Madras, India. The Buck family traveled to Chennai (Madras) that year. The dingy, small gym of the Central YMCA and an open space exactly the dimensions of a basketball court were the only facilities, but Buck turned the space into the YMCA College of Physical Education. With a donation from the Indian Government, the YMCA expanded onto a 65-acre site in Saidapet. Buck continued to guide the college until his death in 1943.

February 20, 1922
Mr. H. C. Buck
Y M C A
Madras, India
Dear Mr. Buck:
Your letter of January 17th with report of Physical Education in India, received. I have looked this over with a good deal of interest. I note that you began the National Y M C A School of Physical education August 1, 1920. I shall follow your work in India through the School with deep interest. I have just had a letter from Mr. Jenkins telling something of his visit to Delhi, India.
Sincerely yours,
JHM-W

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